Integrating food waste into wood pellets to convert waste grease to a useful biofuel.

Informations projet

BioPellets

N° de convention de subvention: 735279

DOI

10.3030/735279

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 26 Juillet 2016

Date de début 1 Août 2016

Date de fin 30 Novembre 2016

Financé au titre de

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Coût total

€ 71 429,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordonné par

FUEL PELLETS TECHNOLOGIES EUROPE AB
Sweden

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - BioPellets (Integrating food waste into wood pellets to convert waste grease to a useful biofuel.)

Période du rapport: 2016-08-01 au 2016-11-30

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

The problem which our BioPellets address is the relatively low performance of solid biomass fuels, relative to their position in the EU energy mix. We achieve this by combining food service industry waste with raw wood biomass to form a composite wood pellet fuel, possessing up to 30% greater energy density. The pellet is still carbon-neutral and still suitable for production qith standard equipment, minimising the burden for our customers/clients, Europe's major wood pellet manufacturers.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

"We carried out a thorough assessment of our value chain, identifying key stakeholders and establishing a business model to support their integration of our product, into their product ranges. We also established a product development plan centred around a ""live"" test of our business model, from licence to end-user. We also performed a five year financial forecast and developed a comprehensive idea of our business model at full-scale operations. We analysed our competitors and potential customers, and our product's position relative to other renewable resources."

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

Up to a 50% reduction in raw materials cost to the manufacturer, and a 25-30% increase in energy density to our end user.

BioPellets sample.